jade.content.schema
Class ConceptSchema

java.lang.Object
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  +--jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema
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        +--jade.content.schema.TermSchema
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              +--jade.content.schema.ConceptSchema

public class ConceptSchema

extends TermSchema

Author:

Federico Bergenti - Universita` di Parma

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

BASE_NAME

Fields inherited from class jade.content.schema.TermSchema

BASE_NAME

Fields inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema

MANDATORY, OPTIONAL

Constructor Summary

ConceptSchema(java.lang.String name)
Creates a schema with a name.

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String name, TermSchema slotSchema) Adds a slot to the schema.
void	add(java.lang.String name, TermSchema slotSchema, int cardinality) Adds a slot to the schema.
void	addSuperSchema(ConceptSchema superClassSchema) Adds a superclass to this schema.
static TermSchema	getBaseSchema() Retrieves the base schema of this schema.
AbsObject	newInstance() Creates a new instance.

Methods inherited from class jade.content.schema.ObjectSchema

addBaseSchema, addElement, addElement, getNames, getSchema, getTypeName, isAttribute, isMandatory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BASE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String BASE_NAME

Constructor Detail

ConceptSchema

public ConceptSchema(java.lang.String name)

Creates a schema with a name.

Parameters:

name -

Method Detail

getBaseSchema

public static TermSchema getBaseSchema()

Retrieves the base schema of this schema.

Returns:

the base schema.

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                TermSchema slotSchema)

Adds a slot to the schema.

Parameters:

name - name of the slot.

slotSchema - schema of the slot.

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                TermSchema slotSchema,
                int cardinality)

Adds a slot to the schema.

Parameters:

name - name of the slot.

slotSchema - schema of the slot.

cardinality - cardinality of the slot, i.e., optional or mandatory.

addSuperSchema

public void addSuperSchema(ConceptSchema superClassSchema)

Adds a superclass to this schema.

Parameters:

superClassSchema -

newInstance

public AbsObject newInstance()

Creates a new instance.

Overrides:

newInstance in class TermSchema

Returns:

the new instance.